John geobge eckhaet



(No Model.)

J. G. EOKHART.

OOGKEYE.

Patented Apr. 26, 1887.

9' Z awvwnlioz wi/bnaoaeo UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN GEORGE EOKHART, OF EDNA, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO W. II.HOLT AND L. S. GOODWIN, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

COCKEYE.

sPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,683, dated April26, 1887.

Application filed January 28, 1887. Serial 1130. 225,813. (No model.)

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN GEORGE EcK- HAR T, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Edna, in the county of Labette and State of Kansas,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oockeyes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cockeyes; and it consists in acertain novel construction and arrangement of parts, fully describedhereinafter and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the swivel-joint.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar letters denote correspondingparts in both the figures, A is the body of the cockeye, having theconical-shaped boss B at the middle, said body having the usual arms, 0,provided With eyes on the end thereof, one of which eyes has a smoothopening therein and the other a threaded opening. Thebolt D passesthrough the said smooth opening and screws into the threaded opening.

G is the usual swivel-eye, journaled at one end in the conical boss B,and comprising the straight round portion H, which forms an integralextension of the eye, and is provided with two collars, I I, placed ashort distance apart, each of which is fiat on the outside and curved orrounded on the sides facing each other, and the distance between thesaid outside faces is the same as the length of the boss. The bearing inthe boss is adapted to fit the end of the swivel-namely, two cup-shapedopenings, L Lwith the mouth or widest part outside, and joined by theopening M.

The collar I and the cup-shaped opening L are made larger than thecollar I and recess L, for the reason that the strain of pulling willcome mainly upon the collar 1, and it should therefore be larger andstronger than the collar I need be, as the object of the collar I issimply to prevent the swivel from backing out of the bearing, the strainthereon being therefore slight. The collar I is preferably made integralwith the eye, and the collar I is riveted on after the swivel is placedin the bearing provided for it.

The application and operation of my invention are obvious, the devicebeing designed to be secured to the ends of the whiffletree to securethe traces therein, the object being to provide a fastening, swiveled asshown, to allow the strap to straighten if placed in the ring in atwisted condition.

The particular advantagewhich my cockeyepossesses over similar devicesnow in general use lies in the fact that the peculiar construction whichI show is adapted to stand more wear and more strain than said commonforms. no danger of the parts giving way, as there is when there is asimple cap or washer riveted on the rear end of the eye.

A bushing may be fitted around the screwbolt D to take up wear when theleather strap is fitted to the cockeye.

I am aware that a cockeye has heretofore been provided in which the neckof the eye, between the two ends, is constructed of a regular concaveform, to which the tug is connected by casting it around the said neck.This con- In addition to this, there is little'or struction I do notclaim; neither do'I lay claim,

cylindrical opening, the ring or eye having its end inserted throughsaid recesses and opening, and having an integral convex-faced collarfilling one of said recesses, and a separate convex-faced collar fittedover the end of the ring or eye and filling the remaining concaverecess, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN GEORGE EGKHAR'I. \Vitnesses:

W. J. RAYMOND, H. H. DAVIS.

